The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-21

removed. Already the repeal Of the in
ternal revenue taxes Is proposed IN Con-
gress.
Let " Risky succeed again and again
in its contests with the prohibitioni9ts,
and very soon its combined and power
full influence, aided by its wealth, will
assume that, being a powerful traffic. it
does not propose to be longer put under
ban or disgrace; tnat 10 sell whisky by
retail ia as lawful and honorable as to
sell dry goods; and in place of a discrim,
mating occupation tax applied to II. IL
must be taxed on the same principle
and no more than the man is who sells
farm supplies or family provisions.
Then what will become of the revenue
from the traffic?
1t is said figures never lie; how mis-
leading they are however, as applied by
distinguished statesman Of Texas, In
proving from census returns what PEG,
pie die of, and how few of them alcohol
slays; the sad hearts, the habiliments oil
mourning, the silent mounds in every
graveyard throughout all the land pro-
claim. Not the epitaph, "Died from
drunkenness, is written upon the tomb
of every victim who died from the ef.
fects of alcohol. No census taker will
ever keep the tally. Never until the
grave gives up it secrets will all OF the
appalling truth be known.
1t is said that prohibition has failed
wherever tried. The only thing thai
has never failed-tbat has always held
its own, is whisky. So it is; it has held
its victims in its deadly embrace, and
never failed to destroy them.
"Prohibition comes from Maine and
Kansas, and Texas should accept moth
ing from them" Let the chivalry OF
the Old South be aroused. Hold fast tc
the saloon and the deadly six-shooter
Refuse to take any lesson from abroad
of either physical or moral advance
ment. And thanking God that we are
in nothing like these Northern people
let us and our children pay tax to then
as our fathers did before us. 1t is every
where proclaimed that prohibition has
failed wherever it has been tried. 1t IL
failure in Maine, Kansas and Iowa
and therefore why "vex" the people OF
Texas with il? Is this objection snare
Is it trap set for us? Is it being mad;
to fail in these states to prevent its adop
ton in Texas and other states! The
world is becoming restless under THU
incubus. The men who have so long
levied contributions upon the weakness
and vices of human nature, have be
come thoroughly alarmed about the
safety of the whisky traffic. The future
looks threatening, and they are calling
to their aid all their immense resources
to stop the onward march of temperance
and reform. The liquor traffic has inn
mense revenues. Seemingly well au
thenticated statistics show that it annu
ally collects out Of the people OF thu
United States hundreds of millions OF
dollars three times as much every year al
it requires to carry on the United States
government, including the payment Of
interest and providing sinking funt
for its immense debt, including its i'm
mense pension list and the support of it;
army and navy. 1t may afford to keep
in pay its own army and pension list.
To make war upon it is like seeking
to overthrow some powerful nation
Like a second Goliath, it from day Il
day offers battle. 1t throws down III
gage of battle to our women and preach
ers. They, like David have accepted the
challenge, and trusting where Davit
did, stand now on the plain to meet thu
shock.
Ages apart the world has had its mo
mentous contests. This will be one Of
them. 1t will make great era in the
worlds history. We are but on the
skirmish line. Now Is the calm thai
foreruns the storm. The hosts are form
ing, and soon the nation will be con
vulsed in the throes Of the greatest
moral contest that the people of this
hemisphere ever witnessed. God hell
the right.
The liquor interest trained, discip.
lined and drilled, bloated with wealth
which vampire-like, it has sucked from
the very life Of the people, does not de.
Gins the battle. 1t wills to hold its vas
sails, and still further advance its BAN
ners. Well, does 1t know that "more
terrible than an army with banners" is a
people whose moral wrath IS reused?
Its watchword is, "Stop the contagion
of prohibition, and stamp its life out in
Maine and Kansas before the fire spreads
beyond control" Devoted Maine and
Kansas! Millions in money, and armies
VI meICt1hrlcb are diuobb yOu w III" ~
your purposes, debauch your people,
paralyze your laws, and make evidence
that prohibition does not prohibit, and
that It brings no good but much evil to
any people.
Prohibitionists, from the forests and
ice-bound shores of Maine and the plains
of Kansas, send us true messengers of
the progress Of the battle.
Maine responds: The first prohibition
law was passed in 1851 After testing it
for thirty-three years, in 1884 the people,
by an immense majority, placed it in
their constitution. The people, after
observing for generation its effects
nnon their health material nrnsner v